Mac Name in Terminal

When I open Terminal, the first line says +Last login+ and then date. The second line says: Unknown-00-25-00-a2-b2-80:~ my name.
I understand the second line to be my network ID but from screen shots I have seen it doesn't seem right.
Any ideas?

I'm having the same issue too. Plus when I use the say command, I get all this junk and then the command. Any Idea how to fix this?
Screenshot - *http://twitpic.com/ika2m*

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